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*The first Defence Minister of India
Ans : Baldev Singh
*Arun Jaitley is the present Defence Minister of India. (Additional Charge)
*Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) was established in
Ans : 1958
*The headquarters of DRDO
Ans : New Delhi
*First woman Director General of DRDO
Ans : J. Manjula
Armed Forces - First Heads
*First Commander-in-Chief of Indian army
Ans : Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher
*First Indian Commander in-Chief of Indian Army
Ans : K.M. Cariappa
*First Chief of Army Staff
Ans : General Maharaj Rajendra - Sinhji Jadeja
*First Commander in -Chief of Indian Navy
Ans : Admiral Edward Parry
*First Indian Commander in-Chief of Indian Navy
Ans : R.D. Katari
*The first Commander in Chief of Indian Navy after Independence
Ans : Admiral J.T.S. Hall
*First Commander - in -Chief of Indian Airforce
Ans : Air Marshal Thomas Walker Elmhirst
*First Indian Commander- in-Chief of Indian Airforce
Ans : Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee
*First Woman Air Marshal of Indian Airforce
Ans : Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
Contonment
*Military Residential areas
Ans : Cantonments
*Cantonments in India were establi- shed by
Ans : Robert Clive
*No. of Cantonments at Present
Ans : 62
*The only Cantonments in Kerala
Ans : Kannur
*The Net work that connects all Indian Army centres
Ans : AWAN (Army Wide Area Net work)
New Info
*First defence park in India was established at
Ans : Ottappalam (Palakkad)
*First Aviation Park in India to be set up in
Ans : Gujarat
Important
*Army Day - January 15
*Air Force Day - October 8
*Navy Day - December 4
*Kargil Vijay Diwas - July 26
*Vijay Diwas - December 16
*National Defence Day - March 3
*National Security Day - March 4
*Armed Forces Flag Day - December 7
*Infantry day - October 27
*Territorial Army day - October 9
